Top Tier Admissions
You don’t need to know what you want to be when you grow up. But you do need to know how to explore what interests you. For many high school students, choosing a college major can feel like an enormous decision. The question seems simple enough: What do you want to study? But underneath it […]
Having spent time as a graduate student, an admissions officer, and now as a neighbor of Northwestern University (NU), writing to you from my home in Evanston, IL, I’ll admit upfront that I may be a little biased about Wildcat excellence. But it’s not just me. Northwestern’s recent application numbers confirm that plenty of others […]
Northwestern University, founded in 1851 and located just north of Chicago in Evanston, Illinois, is a private research university known for blending rigorous academics with a distinctly collaborative, cross-disciplinary culture. Home to roughly 9,000 undergraduates, Northwestern ranks #7 in U.S. News & World Report‘s 2026 Best Colleges, and its proximity to a major city, without […]
I still remember the day my oldest child decided to apply to Brown. I scoured the admission data that year, determined to find some ray of optimism in an otherwise dismal landscape of bloated applicant pools, plunging admit rates, and impossibly high application standards. Like every parent, I wanted my child to obtain what he […]
If you’re the parent of a rising senior—or a rising senior yourself—you probably know the feeling that arrives right about now: fall deadlines are inching closer, the Common App is open, and that blank essay page isn’t getting any less intimidating. Here’s the reassuring part: you don’t have to navigate it alone. With the right […]
The Senior Year Roadmap
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